§ 698m-1. — Big Cypress National Preserve Addition.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC698m-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 698m-1. Big Cypress National Preserve Addition
(a) Establishment
In order to--
(1) achieve the purposes of section 698f of this title;
(2) complete the preserve in conjunction with the planned
construction of Interstate Highway 75; and
(3) insure appropriately managed use and access to the Big
Cypress Watershed in the State of Florida,
the Big Cypress National Preserve Addition is established.
(b) Location; boundaries; publication in Federal Register
The Big Cypress National Preserve Addition (referred to in sections
698f to 698m-4 of this title as the ``Addition'') shall comprise
approximately 146,000 acres as generally depicted on the map entitled
Big Cypress National Preserve Addition, dated April, 1987, and numbered
176-91000C, which shall be on file and available for public inspection
in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C., and shall be filed with appropriate offices of Collier
County in the State of Florida. The Secretary shall, as soon as
practicable, publish a detailed description of the boundaries of the
Addition in the Federal Register.
(c) Designation; management
The area within the boundaries depicted on the map referred to in
subsection (b) of this section shall be known as the ``Big Cypress
National Preserve Addition'' and shall be managed in accordance with
section 698i of this title.
(d) Completion of land acquisition; time
For purposes of administering the Addition and notwithstanding
section 698g(c) of this title, it is the express intent of the Congress
that the Secretary should substantially complete the land acquisition
program contemplated with respect to the Addition in not more than five
years after April 29, 1988.
(Pub. L. 93-440, Sec. 9, as added Pub. L. 100-301, Sec. 3(a), Apr. 29,
1988, 102 Stat. 444.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 698f, 698g, 698h, 698i,
698j, 698m of this title.
